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    12.5mm Drives, anyone fitted one? what do they fit?

    Discussion in 'Hardware Components and Aftermarket Upgrades' started by Toryglen-boy, Nov 8, 2009.

  1. Toryglen-boy

    Toryglen-boy Notebook Consultant

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    Howdy

    Am looking at getting a 720Gb or 1Tb drive for my DV7, but i have found it hard to find information online, as to what laptops they actually fit

    does anyone know of a list, or at least have any info?


    thanks
     
    Toryglen-boy, Nov 8, 2009
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  2. newsposter

    newsposter Notebook Virtuoso

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    I think that the new 12.5 mm drives are not intended for laptops. Think of things like net tops and blade servers.
     
    newsposter, Nov 8, 2009
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  3. Greg

    Greg Notebook Nobel Laureate

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    Your laptop is built only to accept 9.5mm drives (as are most laptops).
     
    Greg, Nov 8, 2009
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    K-TRON Hi, I'm Jimmy Diesel ^_^

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    You mean as are most laptops made today.

    From the mid 1980's up until 1996 or so 18mm and 12.5mm thick harddrives were a standard. They since went down to 9.5mm thick, and every once in a while a 12.5mm high capacity drive is produced.

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    K-TRON, Nov 8, 2009
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    sgogeta4 Notebook Nobel Laureate

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    Just as 4:3 and even 16:10 were once standards, the 12.5mm hard drive has gone the way of dinosaurs. A lot of budget notebooks and desktop replacements can replace their ODD with a 12.5mm sized drive (from nando's post).
     
    sgogeta4, Nov 8, 2009
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    sniper_sung Notebook Evangelist

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    I think one obvious application of these 12.5mm drives is for PS3 :)
     
    sniper_sung, Nov 8, 2009
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  7. Lanaya

    Lanaya Templar Assassin

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    the PS3 uses at 2.5" drive.
     
    Lanaya, Nov 8, 2009
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    See 12.7mm sata or 12.7mm sata-to-pata optical bay caddies in DIY: Adding SSD or HDD storage using an optical bay caddy. Quite a few notebooks can accept these 12.5mm drives.
     
    User Retired 2, Nov 8, 2009
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  9. sgogeta4

    sgogeta4 Notebook Nobel Laureate

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    That doesn't prove or disprove whether or not it can accept a 12.5mm drive. 2.5" comes in 9.5mm and 12.5mm heights (among others).
     
    sgogeta4, Nov 9, 2009
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  10. catacylsm

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    I've had the ps3's HDD inside of my sony vaio before if thats any help.

    I messed with the partitions and that for it. :)
     
    catacylsm, Nov 9, 2009
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  11. Ayle

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    The ps3 only support 9.5mm disks.
     
    Ayle, Nov 9, 2009
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